Functional evaluation of bronchiectasis patients

ABSTRACT

Twenty bronchiectasis patients compared with 10 normal persons were studied to achieve the subjective of this work. Both groups were comparable as regards age and sex. Bronchiectasis patients showed defects in the ventilatory functions with prominent obstructive element defect compared with normal persons as well as hypoxia with increased arteriovenous shunts. These defects are related to the extent of the disease as they depend on the number of bronchopulmonary segments affected